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South Dakota State Jackrabbit Basketball 2020-21 Game Notes SDSU Sports Information Office | 2820 Stanley J. Marshall Center | Brookings, SD 57007-1497 Associate Athletic Director - Media / MBB Contact | Tyler Merriam | [email protected] | 605-280-7892 Games 16 & 17 Rabbit Tracks Oral Roberts South Dakota State Sat, Feb. 13 - 4 p.m. For the first time in over two months, the South Dakota State men’s basketball team will Sun, Feb. 14 - 4 p.m. play a true road game. Mabee Center The Jackrabbits (11-4, 5-1 Summit League) look to keep pace with the top of the Summit Tulsa, Okla. League as they travel to take on Oral Roberts. SDSU won its only two road games thus far, defeating Iowa State 71-68 in Ames (Dec. Radio: Jackrabbit Sports Network 2) and Bradley 88-84 in Peoria, Ill. (Dec. 4). The Jacks have played six netural site games in Online: GoJacks.com/Watch Sioux Falls at the Sanford Pentagon and seven more in their home facility of Frost Arena. Mobile: Jackrabbit App or TuneIn App State’s success is built on its offense. The Jacks are shooting 47.9 percent overall and 39.8 Talent: Tyler Merriam percent on 3-pointers, which is fourth in the nation. Television: ORU Sports Network Oral Roberts Online: ORUAthletics.com/Watch (Free) The Golden Eagles are 10-8 overall and 7-3 in conference. Interestingly, they have won Mobile: ORUAthletics.com/Watch (Free) five of six road games in the league, but are 2-2 in four home games in Summit play. Talent: Adam Hildebrandt & Josh Salim Statistically, ORU is the best offensive team in the Summit League. Oral Roberts is making 11.1 3-pointers per game, second most in Division I, and ranks Live Stats: ORUAthletics.com/SidearmStats/MBBall seventh in the nation with a 79.7 percent success rate at the free-throw line. Guard Max Abmas is making 3.53 treys a night while averaging 21.7 points. Forward Ke- vin Obanor has turned in seven double-doubles, posting season averages of 19.8 points and Schedule & Results 10 rebounds per game. Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 25 $ No. 15 West Virginia L 71-79 On The Road ... Again? Nov. 26 $ Utah State W 83-59 The Jacks have only played two actual road games so far, both of those coming back in Nov. 27 $ Saint Mary’s L 59-72 December. Dec. 2 at Iowa State W 71-68 SDSU was scheduled to play at Omaha (Jan. 15-16) and Denver (Jan. 29-30), but due to Dec. 4 at Bradley W 88-84 COVID-19 protocols, all four of those games were canceled. Now it isn’t as if the Jackrabbits haven’t seen their fair share of hotel rooms - they did stay Dec. 10 # North Dakota State W 77-75 in Sioux Falls each night of the tournaments hosted at the Sanford Pentagon. Dec. 11 # North Dakota W 74-62 Assuming SDSU is able to play both games in Tulsa this weekend and the two-game Dec. 12 # South Dakota L 78-91 series at North Dakota State, the Jacks would end the year with six actual away games. Jan. 4 MOUNT MARTY W 93-50 Jan. 8 * WESTERN ILLINOIS W 83-77 The Series Jan. 9 * WESTERN ILLINOIS W 92-63 SDSU holds a 16-9 advantage in the all-time series, with 24 of those 25 meetings coming Jan. 22 * NORTH DAKOTA W 92-73 as Division I members. Jan. 23 * NORTH DAKOTA W 85-74 The Jacks have won seven straight and 13 of the last 14, with Oral Roberts lone win du- Feb. 5 * SOUTH DAKOTA L 56-64 ring that stretch coming on Jan. 17, 2017, a 94-88 victory in Tulsa Feb. 6 * SOUTH DAKOTA W 89-78 SDSU swept last season’s two matchups. The Jacks claimed a 96-79 win in Brookings on Feb. 13 * at Oral Roberts 7pm South Dakota State Probable Starters Feb. 14 * at Oral Roberts 7pm Feb. 19 * at North Dakota State 7:30pm Feb. 20 * at North Dakota State 7:30pm Feb. 26 * KANSAS CITY 7:30pm Feb. 27 * KANSAS CITY 7:30pm Mar. 6-9 % Summit League Tournament $ - Crossover Classic (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Alex Noah Baylor Douglas Matt # - Dakota Showcase (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Arians Freidel Scheierman Wilson Dentlinger * - Summit League game Pts 10.9 Pts 17.1 Pts 14.2 Pts 15.7 Pts 8.3 % - at Sanford Pentagon (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Rebs 4.4 Rebs 4.3 Rebs 9.6 Rebs 5.8 Rebs 3.9 Asts 2.7 Asts 2.1 Asts 3.3 Asts 2.1 Asts 1.1 GoJacks.com -1- @GoJacksMBB 2020-21 Jackrabbit Basketball Game Notes SDSU Quick Facts 2020-21 Jackrabbits Roster Name ................South Dakota State University No. Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown Pronunciation City/State/Zip ...............Brookings, S.D. 57007 1 Matt Mims G 6-0 180 RSo. Cedar Rapids, Iowa Matt Mims Founded...................................... Feb. 21, 1881 3 Baylor Scheierman G 6-6 180 So. Aurora, Neb. Baylor SHY-err-man Enrollment ...........................11,405 (Fall 2020) 4 Willie Mfum G 6-2 205 RFr. Columbus, Ohio Willie M-Foom Nickname ....................................... Jackrabbits 13 Luke Appel F 6-8 235 Jr. Marshalltown, Iowa Luke Apple Colors .. Yellow (PMS 109) & Blue (PMS 286) Home Arena (Capacity) ....Frost Arena (6,063) 15 Noah Freidel G 6-4 185 So. Tea, S.D. No-uh Fry-DELL Affiliation ............................. NCAA Division I 22 Aaron Fiegen F 6-7 215 RSo. Madison, S.D. Aaron FEE-gun Conference .......................The Summit League 30 Charlie Easley G 6-2 190 So. Lincoln, Neb. Charlie EAZE-lee Athletic Director ..............................Justin Sell 32 Matt Dentlinger F 6-8 240 RJr. Arcadia, Iowa Matt DENT-ling-urr Senior Women’s Admin ........... Kathy Heylens 34 Alex Arians G 6-4 210 RJr. Madison, Wis. Alex AIR-ee-uhns Athletics Website .............. www.GoJacks.com 35 Douglas Wilson F 6-7 210 Sr. Des Moines, Iowa Douglas Wilson Athletics Department Phone ... (605) 688-5625 First Year of Men’s Basketball ............1903-04 50 David Wingett G/F 6-7 205 RSo. Winnebago, Neb. David WIN-jet All-Time Record ........................1,568-1,054-1 Head Coach ............................. Eric Henderson Head Coach: Eric Henderson - 2nd - Wayne State (Neb.), 2000 Eric Henderson Year at SDSU .......... 5th Season (2nd as HC) Associate Head Coach: Rob Klinkefus - 15th - Buena Vista, 2000 Rob Klink-eh-foos Record at SDSU ...................................22-10 Assistant Coach: Bryan Petersen - 2nd - Iowa State, 2009 Bryan Petersen NCAA Postseason Berths/Last ......29/2017-18 Assistant Coach: Tramel Barnes - 2nd - Southwest Minnesota State, 2013 Truh-MEL Barnes NCAA Division I Postseason Berths ............. 6 Years .......11-12, 12-13, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18 Video Coordinator: Reed Tellinghuisen - 3rd - SDSU, 2018 Reed Tell-ing-hue-sen Record ......................................................0-5 Graduate Assistant: Billy Brown - 1st - North Dakota, 2020 Billy Brown Director of Operations: Tyler Glidden - 5th - Iowa State, 2010 Tyler Glidd-en Athletic Trainer: Woodrow Dahl - 6th - SDSU, 2013 Wood-row Doll Summit League Standings (Thru Jan. 30) Strength & Conditioning: Eric Adolph - 12th - Dakota Wesleyan, 2009 Eric A-dolf Team Summit Overall Head Coach Eric Henderson South Dakota 9-1 11-7 Eric Henderson was home-court advantages in Division I men’s South Dakota State 5-1 11-4 promoted to head coach basketball, combining for a 56-3 record at North Dakota State 9-3 11-9 of Jackrabbit men’s Frost Arena over the past four seasons. SDSU basketball March 27, 2019. put together a 21-game home-court winning Oral Roberts 7-3 10-8 He previously spent three streak from January 2017 until December North Dakota 5-7 6-15 years as an assistant at 2018 and enters 2020-21 with 24 consecutive Kansas City 3-5 7-10 South Dakota State, rising wins inside Frost Arena. to associate head coach for A 2000 graduate of Wayne State (Neb.), Western Illinois 3-7 5-12 the 2018-19 campaign. Henderson began his collegiate coaching Denver 1-7 2-13 Henderson’s first season as a collegiate head career at his alma mater from 2001-03 as Omaha 0-8 2-16 coach was a historic one, as he was named an assistant coach. After coaching girls’ the Summit League Coach of the Year while basketball at Wayne Community School for guiding the Jacks to a 22-10 record and share two seasons, he moved on to Iowa State, of their third-straight Summit League regular where he was the graduate manager for the We are the South Dakota State Jackrabbits season title. SDSU went 16-0 at home in Cyclones’ men’s basketball team from 2006- Please call us South Dakota State or SDSU. 2019-20 and posted a 13-3 record in league 08 and a learning specialist for the 2008-09 play. season. He returned to coaching in the prep Please do not call us San Diego State, SDST or The 22nd head coach in Jackrabbit basketball ranks at Burlington Catholic Central High SDS, and please, never call us South Dakota. history, Henderson began his coaching career School in Burlington, Wisconsin, from 2009- What’s the difference? Great Question. Calling as an assistant at Wayne State (Neb.) from 14, while also serving stints as principal and us “South Dakota” is like calling Arizona State, 2001-03 and returned to the collegiate ranks athletic director. “Arizona,” or Ohio State, “Ohio.” as an assistant at North Dakota State from He and his wife, Alicia, live in Brookings, 2014-16 after coaching in the prep ranks in South Dakota with their four children, Again, calling South Dakota State “San Diego Wisconsin.